Following the execution of the 1916 leaders, public opinion in Ireland gradually changed in favour of those who had been involved in it. Constance was elected to the Executive Council of the new party, Sinn Fein.
In 1918 in the General Election, Sinn Féin won 73 seats. Constance won a seat in Dublin, becoming the first woman to be elected to the House of Commons. Constance was in Holloway jail
at the time.
Holloway Jail in England
Constance Markievicz was in solitary confinement in Holloway Jail, England.
Image courtesy of Richard Clark.
Dail Eireann 1919
Sinn Fein set up their own parliament in Dublin, called 'Dail Eireann'. Constance was appointed Minister for Labour.
Dail Eireann 1919
Dail Eireann 1919
Sinn Fein set up their own parliament in Dublin, called 'Dail Eireann'. Constance was appointed Minister for Labour.
When she was released in March 1919 she refused to take her seat in Westminister. A decision was taken by Sinn Fein to set up their own government in Dublin rather than take their seats in Westminster.
In this first Dail, the first Taoiseach, Eamon De Valera
, appointed Constance as Minister of Labour. She was the only women to get such a post. Her life became dedicated to the cause of Irish freedom and Constance had little contact with her daughter, Maeve, or her husband, Casimir, who had returned to live in Poland by this time.
Eamon De Valera October (1882 - 1975)
De Valera served in public office from 1917 to 1973. He served two terms as Irish President from 1959 until 1973.
Copyright Sligo County Library.
Constance Re-elected
26 counties as the Republic of Ireland.
In the map shown the counties declared as the Republic of Ireland in the treaty are all in a dark blue colour. Northern Ireland is illustrated in light blue. Do you know, or can you count how many counties are in the Republic of Ireland?
Image provided by Findmeaconference.com26 counties as the Republic of Ireland.
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26 counties as the Republic of Ireland.
In the map shown the counties declared as the Republic of Ireland in the treaty are all in a dark blue colour. Northern Ireland is illustrated in light blue. Do you know, or can you count how many counties are in the Republic of Ireland?
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In May 1921, an election was held for a parliament in Dublin and Sinn Féin won power. Constance was re-elected and re-appointed as Minister for Labour. Soon afterwards an agreement or treaty was signed by the Nationalists and the British government, in which the British gave the Nationalist power to rule the 26 counties that now make up the Republic of Ireland.
Michael Collins (1890 - 1922)
Born in Cork, Michael Collins was an Irish revolutionary. He took part in the 1916 Rising in Dublin. He was part of the delegation that negotiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921, the terms of which led to the Irish Civil War in 1922. Collins became the commander in chief of the forces of the new Irish government. He was killed in an ambush by anti-Treaty republicans in his native Cork in 1922.
Image courtesy of the Michael Collins Centre, Clonakilty.Michael Collins (1890 - 1922)
Image courtesy of the Michael Collins Centre, Clonakilty.
Image courtesy of the Michael Collins Centre, Clonakilty.
Michael Collins (1890 - 1922)
Born in Cork, Michael Collins was an Irish revolutionary. He took part in the 1916 Rising in Dublin. He was part of the delegation that negotiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921, the terms of which led to the Irish Civil War in 1922. Collins became the commander in chief of the forces of the new Irish government. He was killed in an ambush by anti-Treaty republicans in his native Cork in 1922.
Image courtesy of the Michael Collins Centre, Clonakilty.This treaty brought an end to the War of Independence but it divided Sinn Féin. Arthur Griffith
Arthur Griffith
Griffith, Arthur 1871 – 1922 was born in Dublin. He started his career as a printer, becoming a journalist and writer and finally a politician. Arthur Griffith was strongly influenced by Charles Stewart Parnell, Thomas Davis, and John Mitchel. He was a founding member of the Celtic Literary Society in 1893 and he was active in the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and the Gaelic League. He edited the weekly paper, the United Irishman in which he wrote editorials urging the Irish to work for self- government. In 1900, he founded Cumann na nGaedheal, a cultural and education association aimed at the promotion of Irish culture.
Can you put the 32 counties in their place?
Can you put the 32 counties in their place?